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Fencer Vulns
high 7.2

CVE-2003-0655 json

rscsi in cdrtools 2.01 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and gain root privileges by specifying the target file a…

published 2003-08-05 23 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2003-0649

cvss
7.2
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.7%
EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 54%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

rscsi in cdrtools 2.01 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and gain root privileges by specifying the target file as a command line argument, which is modified while rscsi is running with privileges.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-22979)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

0.74% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 54% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-22979 CDRTools 2.0 - RSCSI Debug File Arbitrary Local File Manipulation local, 2003-08-01

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.